Talent Guide

Lizzie Shapiro

  • Discipline:Producer
  • Program Year:Fast Track 2020, Producing Lab 2017

Bio

Lizzie Shapiro is a producer based in Brooklyn, NY. She most recently produced the feature films Shiva Baby (SXSW, TIFF) and Mickey and the Bear (SXSW, Cannes) that both premiered to critical acclaim and were distributed by Utopia Films. She has also produced several short films that have premiered at film festivals worldwide. Lizzie has participated in the Film Independent Producer’s Lab and IFP Week: No Borders. She is a founding member of the film collective Thick Media.

Current Project

Palm Trees and Power Lines

Logline

During summer break, a disconnected teenage girl falls into a relationship with a man more than twice her age. She sees him as the solution to all of her problems, but his motives are not what they seemed.